VACCINE anxiety in some parts of the USA has reportedly led prospective recipients to disguise themselves so their neighbours don't know they are getting the jab.
The state of Missouri has a particularly high level of vaccination resistance - and not surprisingly also significantly high rates of COVID-19 infection.
A blog post from local medical provider Ozarks Healthcare features the organisation's Chief Medical Information Officer, Dr Priscilla Frase, highlighting the "safety and confidentiality" of the vaccination process.
"I work closely with our pharmacists who are leading our vaccine efforts...one of them told me the other day that they have had several people who have come in to get vaccinated, who have kind of tried to disguise their appearance," Dr Frase said.
"They even went so far as to say 'Please, please, please, don't let anybody know that I got this vaccine. I don't want my friends to know. I don't want to get COVID. I want to get the vaccine,'" she added.
It's not clear what types of disguises are being employed, but if someone turns up at your pharmacy with an oversize moustache and an obviously false wig, just act normal and get the jab into their arm ASAP.
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